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Scientific Representation: Paradoxes of Perspective (Reprint Edition) Paperback, 424 Pages, Published 2010 ISBN-10: 0-19-927823-7 / 0199278237 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-927823-7 / 9780199278237 Bas C. van Fraassen presents an original exploration of how we represent the world. Science represents natural phenomena by means of theories, as well as in many concrete ways by such means as pictures, graphs, table-top models, and computer simulations. Scientific Representation begins with an inqu |